DUBAI // Two men sentenced to seven years in prison for raping and threatening to kill two women must serve their full jail terms, the court of appeal ruled on Sunday.
Emiratis D R, 25, and S F, 24, threatened to cut off their victims’ heads and feed them to dogs if they did not have sex with them.
In February, they were found guilty by Dubai Criminal Court of kidnapping, assaulting, threatening, stealing from, and raping Moldovan F A, 28, and Ukrainian A D, 31.
The women met the rapists at the door of a nightclub on Sheikh Zayed Road on September 9, 2013. They agreed to accompany them as the club did not allow men to enter alone.
Once inside, they went their separate ways until about 1am, when the Emirati men returned and sat with the women, had some drinks and danced together.
At 3am, the women left the club and, while waiting for a taxi, the men offered them a lift home in their car. They agreed to leave together.
The men stopped the car in a dark, deserted area before raping both the women after threatening them with murder. The victims fled after the attack.
At Dubai Criminal Court S F denied all charges except the assault, which he admitted. D R admitted to theft, kidnapping and making threats but denied rape, and told the judge it was consensual sex.
They were found guilty of all charges and sentenced to seven years in jail.
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